GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	2 

SENATE BILL 1078
Second Edition Engrossed 5/9/95

Short Title:  Moral, Ethical, and Virtuous/Education.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Odom, Horton, Carpenter, McKoy, Shaw, Blackmon, Carrington, McDaniel, Foxx, Lucas, Webster, Hartsell, Allran, Plexico, and Martin of Guilford.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education

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May 4, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE LOCAL BOARDS OF EDUCATION TO HAVE MATERIALS POSTED TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT THE MORAL, ETHICAL, AND VIRTUOUS PRINCIPLES OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS AND THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS OF CIVILIZATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-47 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(38)	To have materials posted in designated classrooms to educate students about moral, ethical, and virtuous principles. – Each local board of education may adopt a policy to require the posting in designated classrooms or places of information, tenets, principles, or teachings from the world's religions and from the great philosophers of civilization, that will serve to educate students about moral, ethical, and virtuous principles. The policy shall specify the specific materials that may be posted at each grade level.  These materials may contain tenets or basic principles including, by way of illustration and not limitation the Ten Commandments and the Torah, of the Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, or other major religions and philosophies, and the materials must include principles from several religions and philosophies.  These materials are encouraged to promote (i) honesty; (ii) morality; (iii) courtesy; (iv) the dignity and necessity of honest labor; (v) principles that tend to promote and develop an upright and desirable citizenry; (vi) respect for others; (vii) kindness; (viii) responsibility for one's acts; (ix) perseverance; and (x) respect for human life.
	Funds appropriated for instructional supplies and equipment may be used to provide the materials posted."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.